El Gouna
the Ultimate Guide

El Gouna – Your Gateway to Red Sea Kite Paradise!

El Gouna certainly is a great place for a kitesurfing vacation offering great kitesurfing for all levels. The spots on the reefs offer flat water, which only gets choppy in high wind. There is a big choice of hotels and restaurants as well as apartments. The kite clubs offer provide the whole package. storage, beach and rescue service as well as food and bar. Our favourite place is Makani Beach Club – great spot, good food and friendly staff. Other options are Kitepower, KBC or Kite People

Restaurants

There is a huge variety of restaurants in the old harbour and El Gouna downtown.

Yalla Food Order Delivery app

You can order via the Yalla Order delivery app from grocery stores and most restaurants.

Shopping / Gas

Laundry Service

Fitness Gym

  • The LA7 Gym is probably the best gym in El Gouna. Good fitness equipment – a great view of the Red Sea – as well as massage and sauna.

TukTuk (Rental)

  • You can take a TukTuk every where in El Gouna, a ride is between 30 and 50 EGP. You may have to wait a bit to find one back from the kite centers in the eveinings.
  • A good option is to rent a TukTuk – although that would not be an official rental place. There is George (WhatsApp ‭+20 122 4771796‬), the kite repair guy from Kitepower, who has a few in reantal.
  • Ola Gas Station is the only place to get petrol in El Gouna.

Wind and Weather

While it is super hot during the summer months, temperatures can be surprisingly chilly in winter (e.g. April) – especially in combination with strong wind. You might need a warm hoody and I recommend a 4/3mm neopren.

Tip: on light days, the wind is often stronger in the mornings from 8 to 10 am.

 

Ramadan

During Ramadan, things are a bit more quiet in Egypt, some opening hours shift in favour of the working people.
However, after sunset, things can get really busy and at the end of Ramadan, El Gouna was just flooded with Egyptian tourists.